Glint at the Kindling: Five Bardic Mysteries [Import, Original recording remastered]

Robin Williamson (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Gottdiscs
• ASIN: B000BHPBGK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,731 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Road The Gypsies Go - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

2. Me & The Mad Girl - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

3. Lough Foyle - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

4. The Woodcutter's Song - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

5. By Weary Well - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

6. Medley: Boyhood Of Henry Morgan/The Pooka - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

7. Five Denials On Merlin's Grave - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

8. The Poacher's Song - Robin Williamson & His Merry Band

9. The Spoils Of Annwn - Robin Williams

10. The Battle Of The Trees - Robin Williams

11. The Dialogue Of The Two Sages - Robin Williams

12. The Voyage Of Bran, Son Of Febal - Robin Williams

13. Three Celtic Nature Poems - Robin Williams

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Faultless, December 19, 2005

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J. R. P. Wigman "Hans Wigman" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glint at the Kindling: Five Bardic Mysteries (Audio CD)

When I first encountered "Glint at the kindling" I was only familiar with Robin's work in the Incredible String Band. This was different stuff - but it soon captured me as much as the best the ISB produced - it even neared the dizzying heights of "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" ! Later I bought more Williamson records, but this one, along with "Songs of love & parting" and his more recent "Mirrorman's Sequences" is the most captivating - amazingly well-crafted and filled with all one could wish for, both textual and musical. Earlier records like "American Stonehenge" sound like he was trying to find a new voice, but in "Glint" he definitely found one - all his later work bears many traces of this record.

On cd, the original "Glint" is teamed up with five bardic mysteries, which are all great (although you should check out the Gems of Celtic Story series for even better & more complete stories). Funnily enough these 5 bardic stories were presented on one cd with "Songs of love & parting" earlier.

On the original lp, Robin plays with the Merry Band - of which he has said he's never worked with better musicians - and it shows ! The songs I love best are "The road the gypsies go", "The woodcutter's song" with its great instrumental coda, "By weary well" and of course the epic "Five denials on Merlin's grave".

All the added stories are great, and if you're a Williamson fan I'm sure you'll love them. It should be noted that "The dialogue of the two sages" presented here is a less complete version than the one appearing on "Gems of Celtic Story 2".

I was very happy with the release of the album on cd - and also very pleased with the additions, although, in some sense, it has somehow destroyed the intimacy and the sense of completeness of the original. But I can still play the lp, can't I ?